Preseason Rankings
Lamar
Southland
2025-26
Overall
Predictive Rating-3.4#218
Expected Predictive Rating+0.0#1
Pace64.1#290
Improvement--

Offense
Total Offense-3.8#284
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebound--
Layup/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--

Defense
Total Defense+0.5#147
First Shot--
After Offensive Rebounds--
Layups/Dunks--
2 Pt Jumpshots--
3 Pt Jumpshots--
Freethrows--
Improvement--
NowWin NextLose Next
#1 Overall Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
#1 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 2 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 4 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Top 6 Seed 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NCAA Tourney Bid 7.2% 13.3% 6.8%
At-Large Bid if not Auto Qualifier 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
Average Seed 14.3 13.2 13.9
.500 or above 52.6% 78.6% 50.8%
.500 or above in Conference 62.9% 79.7% 61.7%
Conference Champion 7.7% 16.6% 7.0%
Last Place in Conference 4.9% 1.4% 5.2%
First Four0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
First Round7.3% 13.4% 6.9%
Second Round0.4% 1.0% 0.4%
Sweet Sixteen0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
Elite Eight0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Final Four0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Championship Game0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
National Champion0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Next Game: TCU (Away) - 6.5% chance of victory

Projected Seeding Not in Tournament  

Projected Record by Quad
QuadProjectedProjected Cumulative
Quad 1a0 - 10 - 1
Quad 1b0 - 10 - 2
Quad 20 - 20 - 4
Quad 33 - 53 - 9
Quad 412 - 615 - 15


Date Opponent Result/Prediction Record Conf Rating Offense Defense
  Nov 10, 2025 55   @ TCU L 57-73 7%    
  Nov 17, 2025 348   @ Louisiana Monroe W 69-63 70%    
  Nov 23, 2025 189   @ Montana L 65-69 34%    
  Nov 24, 2025 197   Oakland L 63-64 46%    
  Dec 03, 2025 234   Louisiana W 67-63 62%    
  Dec 06, 2025 221   TX A&M Corpus Christi W 67-64 61%    
  Dec 10, 2025 38   @ San Diego St. L 53-73 4%    
  Dec 16, 2025 270   UT Rio Grande Valley W 73-67 68%    
  Dec 20, 2025 182   Nebraska Omaha W 69-68 54%    
  Dec 29, 2025 255   @ Northwestern St. L 62-63 45%    
  Dec 31, 2025 333   @ East Texas A&M W 67-63 63%    
  Jan 03, 2026 96   @ McNeese St. L 58-70 16%    
  Jan 05, 2026 243   @ SE Louisiana L 65-67 44%    
  Jan 10, 2026 209   Incarnate Word W 66-64 58%    
  Jan 12, 2026 289   Houston Christian W 67-60 71%    
  Jan 17, 2026 233   @ Nicholls St. L 65-67 42%    
  Jan 19, 2026 312   @ New Orleans W 71-69 57%    
  Jan 24, 2026 212   Stephen F. Austin W 66-63 58%    
  Jan 26, 2026 333   East Texas A&M W 70-60 79%    
  Jan 31, 2026 96   McNeese St. L 61-67 32%    
  Feb 02, 2026 243   SE Louisiana W 68-64 64%    
  Feb 07, 2026 212   @ Stephen F. Austin L 63-66 39%    
  Feb 09, 2026 255   Northwestern St. W 65-60 65%    
  Feb 14, 2026 221   @ TX A&M Corpus Christi L 64-67 41%    
  Feb 16, 2026 270   @ UT Rio Grande Valley L 70-71 48%    
  Feb 21, 2026 312   New Orleans W 74-66 75%    
  Feb 23, 2026 233   Nicholls St. W 68-64 61%    
  Feb 28, 2026 209   @ Incarnate Word L 63-67 39%    
  Mar 02, 2026 289   @ Houston Christian W 64-63 53%    
Projected Record 15 - 14 12 - 10





Numbers in tables represent percent chance of outcome occurring.




Projected Southland Finish

0-22 1-21 2-20 3-19 4-18 5-17 6-16 7-15 8-14 9-13 10-12 11-11 12-10 13-9 14-8 15-7 16-6 17-5 18-4 19-3 20-2 21-1 22-0 Total
1st 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.4 2.0 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.1 7.7 1st
2nd 0.0 0.1 1.2 2.6 3.5 2.8 1.5 0.5 0.1 12.2 2nd
3rd 0.0 0.3 1.8 3.8 3.8 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.0 12.1 3rd
4th 0.0 0.5 2.3 4.0 3.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 11.1 4th
5th 0.4 2.4 4.0 2.8 0.8 0.1 0.0 10.4 5th
6th 0.0 0.5 2.3 3.9 2.4 0.5 0.1 9.6 6th
7th 0.0 0.4 2.0 3.6 2.2 0.4 0.0 8.7 7th
8th 0.0 0.4 1.8 3.3 2.0 0.3 0.0 7.8 8th
9th 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.7 2.7 1.6 0.3 0.0 6.8 9th
10th 0.1 0.6 1.6 2.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 5.6 10th
11th 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.4 1.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 4.8 11th
12th 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 12th
Total 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.8 4.8 6.2 7.7 8.6 9.2 9.5 9.3 8.8 7.8 6.4 4.7 3.6 2.1 1.1 0.4 0.1 Total



Southland Regular Season Championship

Record Champion Total Outright 2-Way 3-Way 4-Way 5-Way 6-Way 7-Way 8-Way
22-0 100.0% 0.1    0.1
21-1 100.0% 0.4    0.4 0.0
20-2 94.6% 1.0    0.9 0.1
19-3 77.1% 1.6    1.2 0.4 0.0
18-4 56.2% 2.0    1.2 0.7 0.1
17-5 30.6% 1.4    0.7 0.6 0.1 0.0
16-6 12.7% 0.8    0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0
15-7 2.9% 0.2    0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
14-8 0.5% 0.0    0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13-9 0.0% 0.0    0.0
12-10 0.0%
11-11 0.0%
Total 7.7% 7.7 4.8 2.3 0.5 0.1



NCAA Tournament Selection

Conf RecordRecord ChanceTourney
Bid
AutoAt-LargeAvg
Seed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 No Bid At-Large if not Auto
22-0 0.1% 59.4% 59.4% 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
21-1 0.4% 55.5% 54.5% 1.0% 11.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.1%
20-2 1.1% 41.0% 41.0% 12.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.7
19-3 2.1% 37.5% 37.5% 12.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.3
18-4 3.6% 29.1% 29.1% 13.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 2.5
17-5 4.7% 24.2% 24.2% 13.6 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.0 3.6
16-6 6.4% 17.2% 17.2% 14.3 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.0 5.3
15-7 7.8% 12.1% 12.1% 15.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 6.8
14-8 8.8% 7.5% 7.5% 15.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.2 8.1
13-9 9.3% 4.2% 4.2% 16.9 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 8.9
12-10 9.5% 2.5% 2.5% 19.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 9.3
11-11 9.2% 1.5% 1.5% 16.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 9.1
10-12 8.6% 0.7% 0.7% 15.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6
9-13 7.7% 0.3% 0.3% 16.0 0.0 7.6
8-14 6.2% 6.2
7-15 4.8% 4.8
6-16 3.8% 3.8
5-17 2.7% 2.7
4-18 1.8% 1.8
3-19 0.9% 0.9
2-20 0.4% 0.4
1-21 0.2% 0.2
0-22 0.0% 0.0
Total 100% 7.2% 7.2% 0.0% 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.7 2.1 1.7 0.7 92.8 0.0%